From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 5 May 2001 02:42:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 5 May 2001 02:42:08 -0400 Received: from odin.sinectis.com.ar ([216.244.192.158]:47117 "EHLO mail.sinectis.com.ar") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 5 May 2001 02:41:59 -0400 Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 03:43:57 -0300 From: John R Lenton To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: REVISED: Experimentation with Athlon and fast_page_copy Message-ID: <20010505034357.A604@grulic.org.ar> Mail-Followup-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <006e01c0d4e9$3c0bd210$0300a8c0@methusela> <3AF2F07E.545BBDDB@mail.utexas.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="4Ckj6UjgE2iN1+kY" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.17i In-Reply-To: <3AF2F07E.545BBDDB@mail.utexas.edu>; from bdbryant@mail.utexas.edu on Sat, May 05, 2001 at 12:10:06AM +0600 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --4Ckj6UjgE2iN1+kY Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, May 05, 2001 at 12:10:06AM +0600, Bobby D. Bryant wrote: > They do boot PIII kernels reliably for all those variants, though they st= ill > suffer occasional oopses, hangs, or crashes (as discussed in other thread= s). and as happens with my SMP pIII VIA-based boxed (and I've finally fixed the memory, so I no longer get the oopses, just solid hardware hangs). > However (and here's the part I haven't mentioned before), yesterday I swi= tched > one of them to a new mb with a non-VIA chipset (Asus A7A266), and it boot= ed the > first Athlon kernel I tried (2.4.4). No other changes to .config, same > processor as before, same memory, same disks, same video, same case, same= power > cord, you name it. damn. I guess the saving of 200$ on the MSI has probably been 300$ down the drain :( --=20 John Lenton (john@grulic.org.ar) -- Random fortune: If you treat people right they will treat you right -- 90% of the time. -- Franklin Delano Roosevelt --4Ckj6UjgE2iN1+kY Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE686EtgPqu395ykGsRApqUAJ9fmKiRnzoTz0DTkevz8CbIomqR7gCfRhxi YakyNQYOQwgqIBXTA+MkwhQ= =o0k6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --4Ckj6UjgE2iN1+kY--